This exhibition brings together exquisite examples of Muslim
figurative and non-figurative art. Illustrated manuscripts and calligraph
ic samples from regions ranging from North Africa in the West to the Persia
n Plateau in the East will allow visitors to examine and take pleasure in s
ome of the diverse aesthetic traditions of the Muslim world. This exhibitio
n coincides with Professor Esra Akin-Kivanc’s courses “Visual Cultures of t
he Muslim World” and “Approaches to Islamic Art and Architecture.”